Disk wheel



Patented; Oct.. 2E, 1923'.

STATE-S Y I LOUISE. SHAW, 0F EAs'fr ORANGE, NEW JERs'E'Y',1AssIeNoR TovwriLLrAMsziiIToRs NG'.

"-OFNEWV-Yonmn. Y., Aeonronnrroiv or DELAWARE. y o

all n; temmay onderh 1 Beit knownjthat'l, Louis SnA'w, e. citi-` zen `ofthe United States, and 'residingat EestrQrange,- oonnty fof' Essex, and" State of'4 New Jersey, have-invented.' certain 'new and useful Improvements inv Disk Wheels,

r- Votwliieh` the followingy is :ifeomplete speci-k Y iieation,fthe particulatr novel features being claims.y i, j.; l;-

m v My invention Y'Vrelates r to` disk Wheels `for .Y more fully Vpointed'ont the fennexel 19." A

metrrehicls ,fof the typ-fn which e rotary cylinder motor isi placed vivithin 2 the. t Wheel, end where thewheel `consists of two dished disks Vfacing eaeh'other VWith-their eoneanfe the meter retenes; AIng,Wheeisof this .type

it is 'desirable thatione voi the twofdisks be l arrangeclfsothet it ean'lo reinov'edjfroni the Wheelin orderto mount and disrnonnt ythe motor-for to perform,V niej or rep airs thereon. The object of my invention islto arrange i andonstruet the yoliskwheelin such fashion that Vthe removal'of one ofthes'e Vdisk members .maybe eonveniently endqniekly eccom-4V plishedby'. removing only onej locking ,mem`

v her,- instead of nnscreWing-the disk member u :from its ;eomplementarylmen1ber as has been -clone heretofore. t 7. g.

My `imfention isi lillustrated Vin Lthe accom,-

pganyingdrawingsinwhich- Y he 'disk Wheel,

Fig. lvshows e. feevie off aeportion Aof one of the .disk members being A f ing Vin Fig.,1-,.inl larger Vseele in closed position, 'Y

position, i

Fig.' i Showstiner eriphertifeiew of the closed looking leviee,l Y

Figfsshows e transverse-'section thru the rirn `portion of thewheelfendlthrn the ylocking-V device on the line 15,.4 5, in v Figi 2,. andl Fig. `6 :diagranimatieel-fashion V:ttrensjgerse .,Sectionthru-:the vWheel illustratinghow the -lnotor is disposedll therein.

VVmay be Linsertegljinto, `etrensverfse slotpr A Y yiclecl jointlyinigthe two, dislQIenge's xflft may -be state@ at, thisfppint .that the disk, jf,

Vcleiiee in openV i' l Applieativon mea May 1o, lezrysriai No, 458,225 ,i

and` eaeh; other l their '.eoncane j sides so that e hollowospecle is formed With-v in'gwhiehlthe :revolvingeylinde'nrnotor 3 is Y disposed@ .One Vof the disks, for .instanee herring' the driving-motor arrangedlinfthisf Y manner-ere for instance shownin the-USS.

Yention "is e .particulan,-,irnprovement..,l

Zffacingeaehother are provided eehfwith @The Vvrirnlportionso'disk members V1 and -j L @XL-inwardly. uptui'ned flange 1 portionf Y Ineens of a, U-shztpedring 6whose .sides en?` i gage the two iienges jointly, .the ring being panded as will be fclescrihed'. presently, i

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flanges 5 above?referredftofis"located ,neer-f transverse. pin into. slot 8" and leid: over "i i joining therrl; ATheotllier; freend y'of .rings 6 has pivotallyettaehed t0 itat 121er-toggle",y g"

,llink 1l,-thepivotelpointgin the-flinkbeing,

locatedV intermedi-ete its tWoeneiszafs` shown Figs-'l Linke? sweetly.:

also U-shaped as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 5 and surrounds the U-shaped ring 6. lThe outer end 11a of link lllias its shanks connected by a pivot pin 13 which pin is adapted to engage a slot 14 provided jointly in both disk 'ilanges near tlie valve stem-hole- 9 but opposite-ly to Where slot 8 in fianges r5 is located. lf nowV pivot vpin 13 is inserted-Y- asV shoivnin Figiu 3 and pressure is brought to bear against the-opposite. end 15 otlinle ll in the direction of the arroW,rring- 6 Will gradually be expanded and will lay `itself?V completely over the tivo diskflanges 'when the position of the toggle ljoint shown inY Fig. 2 has beenreaohed, in other Words,

Vwhen togglev link-11 has` been folded over ring 6. lnorderto'perinit Jthis folding over, al' slot 1,6 Vis providedljointly in zboth' disk anges 5 intofwhiohpivot pin 12, by which Athe toggle link isattaohedi to ringd 6, sinks Wlienthe link isfolded overiiingx aseshOWn sholivn. in Closed position inxfiill lines and in; open position in" dotted lines. Both disk iifieiiifibers 1- and?? are provided. 'with'k large openings 1:7 near, their periphery 'thru which the `exhaust` rases of `thejinotor es'caae and thru which minorrepairsisuoh as forinstanoeefchange ot vsparkjp'liigs or the like) may bemad'e.v Thrione ojfthese holes 17 the togglejointlmaybe conveniently opened or;close'daiidj` thru these holes ring 6' may beiplaced inposition overV flanges 5*, 5,'

' VVh'ileiby these ineans disk 1v may be removed from the Wheel" iii-order to assemble or dismantle theV Inotor it wouldY not be al-l fvvays convenient lfor the purposel of access tothe motor to remove lthe entire disk 1.

lTherefore forthe purpose of gaining' limited 40" aecessfto the interior of 'the'disk Wheel l have provided in one of' the .disks, for instancein disk 1, a removable segment 180i suilicient peripheral extension.. noi'der to fbring thisl segment 18 underl thel control ott ,couplingjring d,4 locate thisjslegmeiit yon ftjhe'disk' l near' the point Where'the. toggle f 'joint islocated, beCauSeWhenQthetoggle i, ,Y ff'ointis o ened Y,the toggle 'oint'end of rino' l P a ne, l. Q

6-` is'contractediirst and removed from the fdisk flanges ThusV the segment becomes iincoupled 'rom'the other disk member 2 beforeithe restfoi-i'disk 1 becomes unpoiipled,

. and itV canr thus be. individually removed from/the Wheel-@after the two hub screws Y have4 been removed. i This obviates the neeessityof entirely removing coupling Y ringo#v The cylinder of the motor on which repairs. aae desired maynoiv'be turned into this opening. f rEhe position ,of coupling ring Gi'inrvhich .segment 18 may bes-'removedy is shown inl.dotted lines in Fig,

M" ment-ary disk'members and/means for holdirig said'members-Vto ea'eh other, comprising an inwardly turned flange on each` disk member forming the Contact surface with the other member, a U-shaped open ring` attached to the flanges of both disk members at one ofits ends, and means for eX-. panding said' ring to; couple the.V flanges of both disk members thriiout their periphery.

elementarydisk members and. means-L tor` holdin-g said-'members-to each otheigncoinprising an inwardly turnedY ange on each disk member forming the Contact surface QUAL disk Wheel consisting of two com-v with the other member, a U-sh'aped open i pl'ementary disk members and mea-ns;l for V- holding-'said members to eachl other,v com prisingv an inwardly turned flangeorieaeh fdisk member forming the'y Contact surf-face with the other member, al U-s'liapeclV openrng attached to the flanges of bothdi'slr members one oli its ends, andlal toggle linkpi-,votally v i 595 attached intermediate its ends to the .other end of said ring andhavingimeans-for p-i-v:

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otally' attach-ingI itsV oiiterV end? `toy both f of saidilaiigesto permit the expansionoi" saidV ringf by applying pressureY against? free inner endjof said toggle. link'to couplefthe flanges of'both peripheryi 4f. A disk Wheel consisting of? twofcomf- I pl'emente-ry-V disk members and iiaeans'-or holding said, members to each other, oomprismg' an; inwardly turnedj- Vflange on` eachL disk niemberfforming" t-he contaet Silrface' with the other member, a Vllisliaqoed open ring attached tov the flanges oitl 'bot-li disk' members at oneoiit-sends, and ar llt-shaped toggle link, pivotally attached intermediate 1070. Y disk members thruout-tlieir iio its/ends to the other end of said-ring andV f havinga transverse pivotpinat its bi1-ter end, saidl disk flangeshaving .a .transverse lslot adapted to receivey said pivotpifnt-o.

`provide an abutment' VforA said,"v toggle link on said flanges andto permit the expansion of saidl rinfggby applyingpressiile, against the free inne'i1 end' of saidlink,'for coupling the flanaes 0f.. both disk members trtiii theirv periphery.r Y Y y i 5. A, diskv Wheel consisting of tty@ compiementary disk` members. and' means Y for holding said-members'to, ealfi other-,comm prisi-ngf an inwardly turnedv flange on' each disk member formingthe, contatta surface with the other membeg ring attachedVv to the angfesof ay lut-shaped open membeis at one; of its ende: and'means, at-

-taolied to the other end of said ringfaiid iso ,Y

cooperating' with both 'disk anges for eX- permit `Vthe removal of said segment when panding said ring to couple the flanges 0f said ring isl only partially expanded, said both disk members thruout'their periphery segment being coupled to the other disk 10 Y and for holding said ring` in expanded posimember together with its own disk when 5 tion, one of said members having a removsaid ring is fully expanded.

able segment located adjacent to the ring f vend which carries the expansion means to LOUIS E. SHAW. 

